Landslide Brings Down Bridge in Italy’s A6 Motorway

December 10, 2019 rockman Failures, News Comments Off on Landslide Brings Down Bridge in Italy’s A6 Motorway
A6 motorway bridge destroyed by a landslide or debris flow in Italy

Heavy rain triggered a landslide or debris flow that destroyed a 30-meter span of a bridge on the A6 motorway between Savona and Turin on November 25. Fortunately, there were no reports of injuries or fatalities. Societa Iniziative Autostradali e Servizi SpA, known as SIAS, manages the roadway where the bridge collapsed and said it was carrying out investigations to assess the situation.

More info: Euronews.com or a Bloomberg article critical of Italian infrastructure management. Also Landslide Blog. Photo: AP via Straight Times

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Landslide hits ambulance - from LiveLeak.comDr. Dave has posted links to a few scary landslide videos from the recent heavy rains affecting the Santa Catarina province of Brazil. This latest one shows an ambulance being swept off a road by a “small” landslide. The ease with which the vehicle is moved is quite impressive. It didn’t appear that anyone was injured in this particular landslide but I’m sure there might have been some underwear changing involved. Elsewhere in the region people have not been so lucky and there is a heavy death toll. Click through for two videos.

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